Spotted wing drosophila damageIdentification tip: When females lay eggs in ripening
fruit, the oviposition site forms a small depression. Damage
can create entry sites for fungal or bacterial infections.

Diseases

X-disease (cherry buckskin)
symptoms Identification tip: X-disease causes fruit to be
smaller, paler, and more pointy (shown on right) than
healthy fruit (left). The fruit stems of affected fruits
are shorter and stiffer, causing the cherries to hang differently
than the healthy fruit.

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